No. SB 342
Filed under Education.
Statewide, Standardized Assessments; Requiring the Department of Education to develop versions of statewide, standardized assessments and specified portions of the statewide, standardized coordinated screening and progress monitoring system, respectively, in certain languages by a specified date; requiring the department to develop a timetable and an action plan for the development and implementation of such assessments and written portions of the system; authorizing parents to prohibit the use of such assessments and portions of the system in certain languages, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Education must create versions of statewide standardized assessments in the three most prevalent languages used by English language learners by the 2027-2028 school year.
The department must also make written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system available in those same three languages by that date.
Parents of English language learners may prohibit their student from taking any assessment or system portion in a language other than English.
The department must establish criteria for when using a non-English language version is appropriate and develop a timetable for adding further languages as feasible.
AIRequires the Department of Education to create versions of all statewide standardized assessments in the three most prevalent languages spoken by English language learners by the 2027-2028 school year.
AIGrants parents of English language learners the authority to prohibit their child from taking any statewide assessment or written screening in a language other than English.
AIRequires the Department of Education to make all written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system available in the three most prevalent languages by the 2027-2028 school year.
AIRequires the Department of Education to establish specific criteria determining when it is appropriate to administer assessments or screening portions in a language other than English.
AIRequires the Department of Education to develop and publish a timetable and action plan for implementing the required non-English assessments and screening portions.